Posts tagged “Bible”
Seek truth
It’s hard to know what to do when you don’t know what is true. I felt that way when COVID first hit. As the…
Hope for the future
I just love it when my seed catalogs arrive in the mail this time of year! I like to take a day—in the deepest,…
Want more faith?
There is something tricky about church. Many of the things that we love about our favorite church have zero ability to strengthen our faith….
Listen when he speaks
There was an old TV commercial about a financial firm named E.F. Hutton. It showed Mr. Hutton in a busy restaurant or on a…
What’s that smell?!
Taste, touch, hearing, sight, and smell. Those are the five senses. Each is important in some way. The sense of smell has been called…
Like a tube of toothpaste
Here is what I learned about the Bible from a tube of toothpaste. My wife and I have conflicting views of how to squeeze…
More than milkshakes
In a lifetime of reading and writing, American author John Irving has noticed there are a greater number of “meaty” novels on best-seller lists…
Read. Write. Worship.
Sometimes I feel too busy to read my Bible. But I came across this passage about God’s expectations for the kings of Israel, men…
Being persistent, not stubborn
Today I want to talk to all the dreamers out there. I don’t mean the nighttime dreamers; I mean the other kind. If you…
Just enough
There’s a comforting promise given by your Good Shepherd, Jesus, in Psalm 23 that’s often overlooked. In verse 3 David wrote, “He guides me…
Meditate on God’s unfailing love
The Bible is chocked full of recommendations for the people of God to spend time contemplating our relationship with him. In Psalm 48:9,10, the…
Wait—THAT’S what I look like!
When you live in the same place for a long time, it becomes your baseline for normal. Noisy planes overhead become commonplace background noise….